Imagine waking up and looking in the mirror. When you look in the mirror, you see a man. Only, you are not a man at least, you do not feel like one- you feel like a woman. This makes you feel wrong- feeling like something that you physically are not. Deciding to ignore this feeling, you go to work. Later in the day, you talk to your hypothetical co-worker and friend, John. Somewhere in this conversation, your feelings from this morning come up. John tells you that he does not like that you think that, that he disagrees with how you feel entirely. After this conversation, John avoids you from now on. A few days later, your boss talks to you about the exchange between you and John. You lose your job, because of how you identify and because those around you do not like the way you identify. For transgender people across the nation, feeling this way and being in this type of situation is something of a reality. “Gender” is a word that explains how someone might present themselves physically- usually either male or female (though some people might not express themselves as either). The term “transgender” is a term used to describe someone whose gender identity does not match their physical sex. In America, there are roughly 1.4 million people who identify as transgender or non-binary. That is roughly 0.6% of the American population, according to Britannica. The idea of multiple genders and gender roles has been around for hundreds of years and is not a new idea. According to